Qaa Ed Al Shabaab
Qaa Ed Al Shabaab — "leader of youth" — opens with a bold pairing of ylang-ylang and osmanthus, two florals that tend toward the sweet and slightly peachy.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 5 accords.
Every perfume in Sillage is represented as a distribution across canonical accord slugs — a lingua franca for scent. Two fragrances with overlapping fingerprints are scent-twins, even if they share no literal note.
- Oud90
- Amber75
- Leather70
- Tobacco
The note pyramid
- Ylang-Ylang
- Osmanthus
- Leather
- Cedar
- Amber
- Agarwood
By the editors · 2 min readQaa Ed Al Shabaab — "leader of youth" — opens with a bold pairing of ylang-ylang and osmanthus, two florals that tend toward the sweet and slightly peachy. The effect is richly feminine in character despite positioning; the florals are voluminous rather than delicate.
Leather and cedar arrive in the heart, introducing a dry, slightly austere counterpoint that pulls the fragrance away from simple sweetness. This leather-on-floral tension is the most interesting aspect of the composition. The base resolves in oud and amber — grounding and warming, pulling everything into a Gulf-traditional dry-down.
Qaa Ed Al Shabaab is a bold evening fragrance, best in cooler months. The oud-leather base rewards wearing through full development rather than judging it at first spray.
Scent twins
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